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They're being caught by my spam filter but this is a new one for me. Did anyone else see this?
1 posted on 04/17/2009 9:19:17 PM PDT by GATOR NAVY
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To: GATOR NAVY

My hunch is that some spam bot spoofed your email address. When it fails to send a message the failure reply is going to you instead of the spam bot.


2 posted on 04/17/2009 9:21:33 PM PDT by Domandred (Hope is the first step on the road to disappointment.)
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To: GATOR NAVY

Right click on the message in your mail program. Look at who it came from. If you don’t know the person... delete it.


3 posted on 04/17/2009 9:22:03 PM PDT by JSteff (It was ALL about SCOTUS. Most forget about that and HAVE DOOMED us for a generation or more.)
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To: GATOR NAVY

#2 most likely


5 posted on 04/17/2009 9:26:12 PM PDT by smokingfrog (Choose your allies carefully.)
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I had this happen to me through a comcast address. I was urged to inform comcast of what was happening so that they would not suspend my account, thinking that I was sending the spam if enough complaints were lodge against me.


12 posted on 04/17/2009 11:51:12 PM PDT by uptoolate (Shhh. If you listen real hard, God is speaking to America.)
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Spam, its whats for breakfast.


13 posted on 04/18/2009 12:06:59 AM PDT by donmeaker (You may not be interested in War but War is interested in you.)
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To: GATOR NAVY
A question for any Yahoo mail users out there. When using yahoo mail are you getting Hotmail popups that look like a messenger? It will have a user name and all. I'm just curious. It started maybe two weeks ago.
14 posted on 04/18/2009 12:22:06 AM PDT by cva66snipe (Two Choices left for U.S. One Nation Under GOD or One Nation Under Judgement? Which one say ye?)
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The term for this is “backscatter”.


15 posted on 04/18/2009 12:35:40 AM PDT by 10mm
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